Just a brief post: With the latest release of node.js, it is now possible to load files that only contain JSON data directly into objects using the require( [path_to_file] ) function.
While toying around with Node.js, I ended up writing my own little flow control library. Check it out on GitHub and leave a comment!
Inspired by a link on Google+ that explained how to run Chrome OS from a usb drive I gave Chromium a try. I did encounter a few glitches (y u no recognize my usb mouse?!) and browsing felt a little slow, but apart from that I really like Google Chrome OS on my laptop.
The following code allows you to define multi line strings in your JavaScript code. However, it is not cross-browser compatible - some implementations will return empty strings. So why bother? Because the V8 engine - thus node.js - does support this dirty hack!
I’ve been doing some testing for Diary.com over the past few months. In this article, they describe their take on choosing between using HTML5 technologies over native code when creating their mobile app.
Dr. Nic Williams has created a simple and easy to use plugin to Tumblr which allows coders to use syntax highlighting in their blog posts. Read his (4 year old) article on syntax highlighting in Tumblr.
I have been watching node.js very close over the past weeks and eventually got myself a working installation, so it was about time to code something. But what? Don’t ask why, but I ended up writing a simple module that allows you to prompt input in your node process window.
I have finally found something to turn into a more or less usefull webapp for the iPhone: A pulse meter which allows to quickly fetch a persons pulse. You can try the app by opening this link. Below there is a brief introduction and a user manual.
I just released the new version of the Bookmark Buttons Startpage. This is a minor update which fixes an annoying glitch and provides a few new features. You may need to manually update the extension from the extensions menu, otherwise Google may take its time to do so automatically.
I am about to release the next minor version of the Bookmark Button startpage which fixes an annoying bug which rose with version 10 of the Google Chrome webbrowser.
